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Letters Patent No.'104,293, dated June 14, 1870.

IMPRovIm ANIMAL-TRAP.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN Boxsox EVERITT, of West Meliden, in Ithe county of N ew'Haven and State ot' Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Animal-Traps; and VI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description l thereof', which will enable those skilled .in the art to make 4and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing'forming part of'this specification, in which drawing Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of' my invention. V

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

'Ihis invention relates to traps for mice, rats, and

other vermin, and consists of a box, partly open at one end, and having a movable cover, which is piv- 'oted at about the middle of its length to the sides of the box, the cover being s o made at its outer end that when it is down, it closes the -open end of' the trap.

'The inner end of the cover is arranged Ato swing down into the box lwhen the trap is set, and a rod, whose free ends forms the bait-hook, is hinged to the inner end of the` cover.

'lhe cover is operated by a spring, which bears upon lugs formed within the outer end' of the cover at its sides, and the cover is locked aga-inst the force of the spring by the bait-hook-rod, which has a bend or shoulder, that comes beneath a cross bar of the box when the cover is raised, and holds't-he trap open.

YVhen an animal enters the open end of the trap and pulls on the bait, the bait-hook rod is` drawn downward away from the locking cross-bar and the spring isV free to close the cover.

The letter A designates the box of the trap. Itis in this example made open at bottom, but it may be closed at-bottom, if desired.

The sides of the box are held together and braced by a low cross-har, B, which is arranged at the bottom of its open end, where I form theientrance of the trap, and by three transverse rods, whereof one, C, constitutes the locking bar for the bait-hook rod,an

other, D, the support for the actuating spring, and E,

the pivot, on which the cover turns.

The rods C and are arranged near the bottom of yThe left-hand end of the box A is closed, but its right-hand end is open, except so much of it as is closed by the end bar B,van d it is only closed when the cover is brought down.

The cover F is pivoted at about the middle of its length at the top`oi' the box on the pivoted rod E, in such a manner that it swings within the' sides ot' the box, and, when the trap is set, the left-hand end of the cover descends toward the bottom of the box.

The right-hand end of the cover is made with a right-angled projection, which, when the cover is down, coincides with the cross-bar B, and closes that "end ofthe box.

The cover F is made with vertical side projections G, which move within the box and guide the cover in its movements, and on these projections G are formed lugs H H, on which the ends of the actuating spring bear to pres's the cover down.

The spring I is confined at vthe closed end of the box near its bottom edge, atJ, whence it extends in two parts, toward the right to the crossbar D, around which its parts or branches are coiled, and thence they proceed to the lugs H H, on which their ends are allowed to rest.

rlhe bait-hook is formed at the right-hand end of a rod, K, which is hinged to the underside of the lefthand end ot' the cover, and, in said rod K, I form a shoulder, L, at such. a point that when the trap is set,

said shoulder tits around the under side of the locking bar O above mentioned, the bait-hook rod being arranged to pass over the rod D, on which the spring is coiled, and under the locking bar. v

My trap can be used for large animals as well as for the smaller kinds.

NVhat I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is- The box A, constructed described, in combina'- tion with the movable cover F, bait-rod K, and spring I, arranged to operate substantially ais-described.

Witnesses: EDWIN BRONSON EVERIID'I.

V COOKE LoUNDsBURY,

ALBERT DvrPENNEY. 

